Watch Guitarist Joe Shadid's One-Take Medley of 20 Christmas Tunes

In the past, guitarist Joe Shadid has treated viewers to Reverb Riff Marathon videos where he plays 20 famous Telecaster riffs and 20 famous Les Paul riffs in one take.

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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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